You won’t want to miss this discounted opportunity to experience Stravinsky, Osvaldo Golijov’s soundtrack score for Francis Ford Coppola’s 2007 Youth Without Youth, and Vaughan Williams all at once.  This is another great daily deal offered by the new group buying site called Crowd Deal.  The tickets are discounted 46% to $26 for the January 28th and 29th show only. 

Want to expand your cultural horizons even further? Head over to the Inside the Music Pre-Concert Talk at 7 PM on Thursday, hosted by ASO Insider and Program Annotator Ken Meltzer with special guests, where you’ll learn the stories behind the classical masterworks. It’s absolutely FREE with your purchase of tickets to any night of the show.

We are excited to announce the winners of the Bargains In Buckhead Boutique Gift Card Giveaway.  We thank all of you for participating, and following our website. We hope to continue to have some great giveaways for you in the future.  Each person below will be receiving an email from us so if you don’t see it please check your junk mail or email us.  Please respond in the next 48 hours with your mailing address that you would like us to mail the gift card to. It will be a fun surprise as to which giftcard you get in the mail.  

Seven Winners that were chosen at random by an online website:

Laura Hughen

Justine Story

Katie Wyatt

Artela J.

Pat Douglas

Nancy Collins

Lauren Logan

Not to worry, I scrounged up a great deal for your CONSULATION PRIZES below:

Everybody be a winner with this 80% OFF  gift card promotion going on right now.  .  80% off Restaurant.com $25 Gift Cert. orders and free $10 Gift Cert.! Use code CHEER and Pay $2 thru 12/25/09. This promotion has just gotten extended thru 12/31/09.   Buy $25 gift cards for only $2!  Everybody needs a night out and a break from cooking over the holidays, so this is a great way eat out without the guilt.  Some of my favorite restaurants in Buckhead included in this promotion are: Horseradish Grill,Pasta Del Pucinella, Taverna Plaka, The Flying Biscuit, Rio Grande, Basil’s, Pasta Vino, Padriacs to name a few.  Just plug in your zip code and search the restaurants in your area, purchase and print out your gift card coupons at home.   Be sure to use the  CHEER code and link above and make your purchases before 12/31/09 to get your savings.

Tis the season to strap on your skates and hit Atlanta’s only outdoor ice skating rink at Centennial Olympic Park.  Visitors enjoy covered observation seating, theatrical lighting on the real ice and holiday music. Admission is $7 per person and skate rental is an additional $2 for 90 minutes of skate time.  

The rink is open daily, including holidays, until Jan. 31, 2010.

The skating rink has partnered with several popular downtown venues, Center of Puppetry of Arts, Imagine It!, Georgian Aquarium, Fernbank, and more to offer us additional savings with combo packages. 

An additional coupon is offered from 11 Alive’s Ways to Save, where you can download a  free skate rental valid Monday – Wednesday until Dec. 11, 2009 and Jan. 11 – Jan. 27, 2010. Click here to print the 11 Alive Coupon for Free Skate Rental..

The Atlanta Botanical Gardens serves up seasonal brews after hours every Thursday in October.  And I can’t believe I am just now posting this late in the month but you still have two additional Thursday opportunities to check this event out.  You are encouraged to bring your own flashlight to illuminate the scarecrows in the garden.

Hop City is onsite sponsoring a weekly “Beer School” offering expert insight on beer varieties, ingredients and home brewing.

You won’t want to miss the Great Chefs of Atlanta Pumpking Carving Contest which is next Thursday, October 29, 7 – 8 p.m. Witness some of the cities finest gourmets gut and cut fantastic Halloween creations!

Admission $15 | Garden Members FREE | All beers $3.50

Click here for directions, hours and more info.

Brought to you by your Buckhead Bargainers and Buckhead Realtors.  Contact us at bargainsinbuckhead@gmail.com

Snagged this BARGAIN from Travel Zoo for discounted Orchestra tix for this weekend.  So impress your date and buy some concert tickets for a cultural night out on the town.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is kicking off their Fall concert lineup with an exciting deal for half OFF tickets to see the “Broadway Rocks” this weekend.

On Oct. 9-10, hear Broadway classics from “Mamma Mia”, “Rent”, “The Lion King”, “The Phantom of the Opera” and more. Join Grammy Award-winning Orchestra, conductor Michael Krajewski (pictured), The Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus and stars from The Great White Way at Atlanta Symphony Hall at 8PM.

Tickets are $25 (reg. $29-$42), for select Balcony, Orchestra and Dress Circle seats. The best value here is on Orchestra 2 seats, which are regularly $42 each. 

Click here for tickets. Click “Buy Tickets” near a performance, then select “Best Available.” Enter the promo code TZOO and click “Go”. Select a price level and the number of seats, then click “Reserve Tickets”. Tax will be added to each ticket (about $3 per ticket).

Note: Rear Balcony seats are also available at the regular price of $18, no promo code needed.

Attention FOODIES, Taste of Atlanta is this weekend October 10th and 11th.  This is a dynamic, flavor filled 2-day outdoor food festival that showcases the diversity of Atlanta’s food scene and attracts food lovers from Atlanta, the Southeast and beyond. Now in its 8th year, this year’s festival is moving to Tech Square in the heart of Midtown Atlanta encompassing Spring Street and 5th Street.  Buy your ticket in advance online to save $5 you can click here to for ticket and festival information.  There are lots of things going on beyond the food tasting tents:

• National and Local Celebrity Chefs on the Main Cooking Stage
• Farm to Festival Village showcasing the local sustainable movement with live cooking demonstrations and a farmers market filled with locally grown products
• Amica Insurance Kids Avenue with interactive cooking demonstrations for kids and hands on activities
• Music and entertainment from local and regional artists
• Wine and Beer Experience featuring a tasting tents and educational seminars (Admission open to VIP ticket holders only; must be age 21 or older)

I wanted to let you know about a FREE upcoming art/film show this Friday, October 2nd at Wonderroot (www.wonderroot.org). Its a exhibition which includes 20 b&w fiber prints and a 16mm film called Mothers of a Nation produced by Clear Films. The exhibition is about a group of Ugandan women living with HIV who, despite the suffering and isolation that comes with having the disease have united to empower themselves through sustainable farming methods. My cousin, Ansley, shot the movie and stills this winter and spring while she worked on a sustainable agriculture project with the group of women in Jinja, Uganda.

The film and exhibition relays an important message not only to people suffering with HIV, but to everyone around the world. Sustainable agriculture, organic food and information about the importance of nutrition are not often topic of conversation in under served communities, including those of Atlanta.

They have partnered with two non-profits, one of which is an Atlanta based organization called The Ugandan American Partnership Organization (www.theuapo.org) and Development in Gardening (www.developmentingardening. org). Wonderroot is an important place for the exhibition to be held because of its mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change.

 Click here for a sneak peak of a trailer of the film and more info on the FREE Friday night show.  Great date night cultural activity to add to your social calendar.  Hope to see you there!

Do you like music? You bet you do if the price is right.  $29 gets you a terrace seat at Chastain Park Amphitheater (normally $48), located off Roswell Road in Buckhead. Rustle up friends and head to the classic outdoor venue.  You must purchase these tickets TODAY to take advantage of the savings.

Buy tickets for WAR and Average White Band, Wednesday, July 22 at 8 p.m.

Buy tickets for The Temptations and Ashford & Simpson, Friday, August 14 at 8 p.m.

Buy tickets for America and Christopher Cross, Wednesday, August 19 at 7 p.m.

The concert feeling is about experiencing thousands of people enjoying music together, feeling the excitement of the beginning of a song like “Low Rider” or the soulfully sweet “My Girl,” a sweetness magnified a thousand times as it resonates through each fan’s heart, echoes off the 100-year-old trees, and back into everyone’s hearts, creating an echo chamber of sweet excitement for the fans and indescribable euphoria for the 100-year-old trees.

Here are your concert choices:

Flashback to the ’80s with the Regeneration Tour 2009. The show features bands (Terri Nunn & Berlin, Cutting Crew, Wang Chung, and more) who bestowed timeless, distinctly ’80s hits such as “Take My Breath Away,” “I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight,” and “Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Everybody Wang Chung Tonight)” on the world’s ears. Wednesday, July 15 at 7 p.m. Buy tickets.

Feel the ’70s funk when WAR & Average White Band roar into town. Both bands have diverse, yet highly funky R&B sounds. And when WAR performs “Why Can’t We Be Friends” live, you can shout back, “Because you haven’t played ‘Low Rider’ yet.” Once they play “Low Rider,” you can invite them to your birthday party. Wednesday, July 22 at 8 p.m. Buy tickets.

Sing along to the smooth hits of two Motown hits in one night and see The Temptations and Ashford & Simpson. If your papa, like theirs, was a rollin’ stone, you may be moved to tears. It’ll be like strolling down the streets of ’50s Detroit-except you’ll have a cell phone. Friday, August 14 at 8 p.m. Buy tickets.

Remember the ’60s like they were meant to be remembered-with folk-rock legends playing legendary folk rock music. Check out America with Christopher Cross. If you and your honey don a two-person horse costume during America’s legendary “Horse With No Name,” we bet the band will notice you. Wednesday, August 19 at 7 p.m. Buy tickets.

Sit back and relax at what reviewers call “the perfect venue for outdoor entertainment”. And if you can’t choose just one show, you’re in luck: there’s no per-customer limit on this Groupon. Go to any or all of the concerts and bring along as many friends as you like.

I found the above above bargain offered from the Groupon coupon website the tickets are limited so  you have to buy today to save!

Does it get more Atlanta than the Fox Theater and Coca-Cola?!  Well these 2 local icons have teamed up again to bring us The Summer Fox Film Festival.  Running 8 films between July 9th and 25th, this unique event is a “MUST DO,” and at the bargain rate of $8 a ticket!!  Which is a small price to pay to enjoy the dramatic decor and old-timey feel.  BUT, we Bargaining Betties don’t just want to bring you good deals, we provide GREAT deals, so follow this link for a BOGO ticket from Dave FM.  And don’t miss the fun pre-show and wine tasting!

In an interesting twist of Recessionista fate, the Fox itself has a history of economic struggles, starting at its Grand Opening!  The original the Yaarab Temple Shrine Mosque opened to the public just as the Great Depression began. After 125 weeks of talking pictures and elaborate stage entertainment, it declared bankruptcy!  Since then, a turbulent history of city ownership, private management and NPOs have kept this legend alive.  Its now up to us!  So grab your friends and family for a one-of-a-kind Atlanta summer bargain!

I hear Lobster Bakes are quite a 4th of July tradition in New England.  But if Maine is a little too OTP for you this holiday, how about Roswell???  Holcomb Bridge doesn’t seem too far to travel for a FREE 1.5 lb.
Steamed Whole Maine Lobster!  Aqua Blue Restaurant and Bar is offering a pre-4th of July special—visit for dinner on Friday, July 3rd, and get this indulgent appetizer free with any purchase!!!  This is a sure way to take your staycation to next level in fun and sophistication!  The restaurant is a straight shot up 400 and is well worth the short drive!  While the cuisine offers flavors from all over the world, the blue decor is sure to make you feel a little patriotic

1564 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, GA :: 770•643•8886